Traveling rocking-horse.



C. L. CORGORAN.

TRAVELING BOOKING HORSE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE z3, 1908.

'Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

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TRAVELING BOOKING HORSE.

APPLICATION PILED JUNI: 23. 190B.

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Specification ef Letters Patent.

Patented @et 5, 11999..

Application filed Time 28, lt''. Serial No. 440,045.

State of New Jersey, have invented certain.

new and useful Improvements in Traveling Rocking-Horses, of which the following is a speci cation.

.The present invention has relation to amusement devices, being desi ned most especially to provide a rocking o ject mounted upon wheels and interposing connections between a set ef wheels andthe oscillating object'to utilize the teetering motion as propelling means for advancing or causing the device as a whole to travel.

F or a full understandin of the invention c? also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and l accompanying drawings.

While the. invention may be adapted to different forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details without departing from thev spirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which.:

Figure 1 is a side View of a device embodying the invention, the teetering movement of the figure being shown by full and dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line of Fig..1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the steering and power` translating devices. Fig. 4 is a detail View ofa part of the steering device.J showin-g a .portion of the figure and the standards. Fig.

5 is a detail view, showing the meansl for connecting thepitinan to the figure.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The device embodies a platform 1 mounted upon wheels 2 and 3, the latter being secured to an axle 4 and the former loose upon an axle' which is mounted to turn about a king bolt or vertical axis 6, a fifth wheel 7 being provided to give stability to the foretruck embodying the said axle 5 and wheels 2. Standards 8 rise from the platform 1 and are strengthened by braces 9. The teetering object 10 is mounted upon the standards 8 so as to receive an oscillatory movement. The object 10 may represent a horse or other animal, or may consist of a car, or any' type of structure adapted to receive an oscillatory movement by the weight of the person mounted thereon. Y

For utilizing the oscillating movements of the object 10, the following means are einployed: A shaft 11 is journaled in bearings ofthe platform 1 and is provided with a crank 12 and a gear wheel 13, the latter meshing with a inion 14 fast to theaxle 4. A. itman or ro 15 connects the crank 12 wit the object 10, the upper end of said pitman being adapted to be adj ustably connected with said object at 16 to admit of varying the teetering movements of the object. It will be understood that as the object or iig- `ure 10 is oscillated by the rider, the movement is transmitted by the pitman 15 to the, shaft 11 and from the latter to the axle 4, thereby causing the device to travel.

F or steering the device a cross bar 17 is provided and in the present instance represents a b`it mounted in the mouth of the animal so as to `be turned, lines 18 extending fronropposite ends of the cross bar or bit and under control of the rider. A shaft 19 mounted in the head of the figure is provided'at opposite ends with gear wheels 2() and 21. The gear wheel 20 is in mesh with a toothed segmentor mutilated gear 22 fast v to or forming a part of the cross bar 17. .The

gear wheel 21 is in mesh. with a gear wheel 23 fast to the upper end of a shaft 24 w-hlch is mounted in the body of the li ure and inclines rearwardly and downwar ly from the end gear of the shaft 19. A. vertical shaft 25 mounted in bearings connect-ing the standards 8 is coupled at its upper end by means of a universal joint 2G to the lower rear end of the shaft 24. A longitudinal4 shaft 27 mounted in bearings oftheplatform is provided atopposite ends with ear wheels 28 and 29, the latter meshing wit a gear wheel-30 fast to the lower endl of the vertical shaft 25. The gear wheel 28 meshes with a gear wheel 31' fast to the upper end of the king bolt or like part 6 4fast at its lower end to the fore-truck so as to turn the same to properly direct the device in its movements. l

The rider mounted .upon the teetering object or figure imparts an oscillating movement thereto by either shifting the' weight forward and backward. or by swaying the body fore and aft. The teetering inmu-V ment of the object 10 is converted into u ro caused to move either to the right or to the left, as may be desired.

To prevent the object stopping upon a dead center and to positively apply the force for propelling the device, itis proposed to add a shaft 32 to the platform near its front end, said 'shaft having a crank portion 33 which is connected by pitman 34 to the object in a manner similar to the lpitman 15. A gear wheel 36 fast to the shaft 32 meshes with a (pinion 37 fast to the front end of a longitu inalshaft 38, said shaft `having a pimon 39v at its rear end in mesh with a. gear vWheel 40 fast tothe axle 4. By proper adjustment of the parts, a dead center 1s prevented, andl each down movement of the figure or object ispositively utilized for propelling the device, thereby enabling the combinedweight of the rider and object'to be advantageously utilized in propelling the device, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

v1. yIn combination, a platform, frontendy the sets of wheels, a teetering object mounted upon the platform, means for transmitting power from the teetering object to the wheels for propelling the device, a cross bar pivoted upon the object and under control .of the rider, a series .of connected shafts mounted upon the platformand eared at one endvto the said pivoted axle an terminating at the opposite end about in line with the axis of the teetering object,a nd a second seriesofconnected shafts mounted upon the teetering object and geared at one end to they said cross bar and at the opposite end to the first set of connected shafts.

2. In combination, a platform, front and rear sets of wheels carriedzby said platform for supporting the same, one of said sets 'of wheels arranged to turn for steering the platform, a iteetering object mounted upon the platform and connected with the other set of wheels for propelling the device, shaftscarried, one by said teetering object,

and the other by said platform and con- -Y nected to each other by a universal joint, a shaft j the turning-set of wheels', and a cross-bar connected to the other of said shafts to turn the same under the control of a rider mount- 3. In comblnatlon,

geared between olie f said shafts and a platform, frontendk rear axles provided with wheels and attached to the platform for supportinf the same, the

front axle being pivoted,stan ards projected upward from the'platform, a teeteringfobject mounted upon the'standards, a lon itudinal shaft 27 geared at one end to the shaft 25 by means of auniversal joint, ashaft 19 inclined in an opposite direction to the shaft 24 and geared thereto, and a cross ont axle, a vertical shaft 25 mounted in said bar 17 geared to the shaft 19 said cross bar being under control of the rider to admit of properly steering the device when in motion.

4. In combination, a platform, frontand rear axles attached" to the platform and provided with supporting wheels, front and rear crank shafts, gearing between the rear crank shaft andV the rear axle, power transmitting means between the front crank shaft and sald rear axle, a 'teetering object mount ed upon the platform and connecting means between the teeterin object and the crank portions of said s afts, said connecting lmeans having adjustable connection with the teetering object both'in front and in the rear of its fulcrum. Y

In testimony whereof I aix my signature `in presence `of two witnesses. n

cuantas 1.. concour. [1.. e] Witnesses:

A. T. Conoonax, M. G. Fumo. 

